Carter's remains will be taken to the Washington National Cathedral after lying in state at the Capitol this week. Following the service, his remains will be taken to Carter's hometown of Plains, Georgia for a private funeral service and interment Thursday night.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation's capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.